Renée Carl
Renée Carl (10 June 1875 – 31 July 1954) was a French actress of the silent era. She was born in Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée, France, and died in Paris, France. Between 1907 and 1937, she appeared in 186 films. A favorite of film director Louis Feuillade, she appeared in, at least, 150 films directed by him including the short Bébé and Bout de Zan comedies. Of the many characters she played in Feuillade's films, perhaps her most famous portrayal was that of Lady Beltham, mistress of the notorious Fantômas in the serial of the same name. She makes an uncredited appearance, as "L'Andalouse," in The Vampires. In 1922, she directed and starred in the film A Shout from the Abyss, also known as Un cri dans l'abîme. In a 1924 interview for Mon Ciné magazine, she stated that she was introduced to film-making through her friend Léonie Richard. Selected filmography
Pépé le Moko
(La Mère Tarte)
La conquête d'Aurélia
Le Mariage de l'aînée
Le poison
Le Chef-lieu de canton
Les Braves Gens
Le Bas de laine
La Souris blanche
Tant que vous serez heureux
Le Pont sur l'abîme
A General Strike
The Dwarf
(La mère)
The Trust, or The Battles for Money
(Juliette Michaud)
The Defect
(Anna Moulin, dite Nana)
Custody of the Child
(Mother)
Bébé apache
The Obsession
(Mme Trévoux)
The Heart and the Money
(Madame Mauguiot)
Le fils de Locuste
A Very Fine Lady
(La dame vraiment bien)
The Nativity
The Open Eyes
Un monsieur qui a mangé du taureau
La trouvaille de Bébé
André Chénier
Le Festin de Balthazar
L'Intruse
(La Breschard)
Bout-de-Zan revient du cirque
Les Larmes de Colette
Bout-de-Zan et le cheminot
The Huguenot
Les Misérables
(La Thénardier)
Napoléon, Bébé, and the Cossacks
The Dungeon
Life As It Is
The Vipers
The Agony of Byzantium
(The Wife of Emperor Constantine)
Fantômas
(Lady Beltham)
La maison des lions
Bout de Zan Steals an Elephant
(Charitable lady)
La cassette de l'émigrée
(Marie-Jeanne la lingère)
The Legend of the Spinner
(La Muse)
The Legend of the Spinner
La vengeance du sergent de la ville
L'hôtel du silence
Crowns, I: The Crown of Roses
The Colonel's Account
Jimmy Pulls The Trigger
(Bébé mother)
A Race for Millions
The Fault of Another
The Cavalry
(Mme de Moranges)
In the Land of Lions
(La Morena)
Cursed Be the War
Le monsieur qui a mangé du taureau
Esther
The Seven Deadly Sins
Jephté's Daughter
Judith and Holophernes
(Judith)
The Exodus
The Guardian of Camargue
The Toledo Chest
The Living Dead
La Garçonne
(Mme. Ambrat)
L'accident
L’aventurière
The Seneschal's Diamond
The Wagon Child
L'aviateur masqué
The Legend of Prometheus
Bébé a le béguin
The Fate of Mothers
At the Hour of Dawn
Bout-de-Zan et le crime au téléphone
Bébé Corrects His Father
(Mother)
Severo Torelli
(Dona Pia)
The Shipwreck
The Imager of Mont Saint-Michel
Thaïs
Bébé nègre
Baby Fisherman
Lysistrata or The Kissing Strike
The Secret of Forçat
Bébé veut payer ses dettes